“It hurts”: The heartache of Italy’s great skiing hope

Giovanni Franzoni is one of Italy's greatest ski talents, and for some he is even the Azzurri's greatest hope for the future. In any case, three gold medals at the Junior World Championships are a clear indication that the 21-year-old has a lot of talent up his sleeve. Talent that cannot be exploited on any ski slope for a long time. Because Franzoni is with his Crash in Wengen seriously injured.

“With all the falls I've had, the stupidest one is the decisive one. I tore two tendons and tore another,” writes the skier from Manerba on Lake Garda. The thigh is affected and Franzoni now has to undergo an operation. It is unlikely that he will return to the ski slopes again this season.

“It's a complicated season,” writes the young Azzurro in his emotional statement on social media. “I worked hard but harvested little. At least I can say I learned something. I learned that competing in three disciplines in the World Cup is no walk in the park; that you should get to know the downhill slopes better before taking full risks; that you have to be a little brave, but you should always use your head; and that sometimes you need a bit of luck too.” “Don’t judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell and got back up.” John Franzoni But there is another thing that hurts the most, says Franzoni. “The most important thing I learned is that as long as things are going well, everything seems to be okay. But when you feel like you can take the next step forward and you can't do it, then it hurts. In the end, everything depends on how we deal with the things that happen to us.” Finally, Franzoni added a quote from Nelson Mandela. “Don’t judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell and got back up.”

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“It hurts”: The heartache of Italy’s great skiing hope

The racing weekend in Wengen not only produced brilliant winners, but also athletes who had to accept a serious setback.

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